Welcome to the guest auditor studies at the University of Erfurt

Guest auditor studies

Guest auditors are all those who are not enrolled as students at the University of Erfurt but would still like to attend courses regularly. A university entrance qualification (such as the Abitur) is not required. To register successfully, all you need to do is apply to register as a guest auditor and transfer the guest auditor fee. The application can be completed digitally and then sent by email or post. Admission is granted for a full semester.

Guest lectureships are an open educational programme offered by the university as part of its legal mandate to provide continuing academic education. 

This offer is primarily aimed at people who, for example:

• do not want to take exams or complete a degree.
• want to engage in intellectual dialogue with other people.
• want to attend university in retirement.
• want to take advantage of a programme that your university does not offer.
• want to study or continue their education without a high school diploma.

Access to guest lectureships is generally open. Guest auditors are not subject to age restrictions, special admission requirements (e.g. A-levels or vocational training), professional status, a specific place of residence or other personal characteristics. Refugees are also invited to take part in our courses as guest auditors.

Guest auditor certificate

• You will be enrolled with the status of "guest auditor" and receive a guest auditor certificate.
• You will attend lectures at the university and sit in on courses together with the students.
• As a guest auditor, you are not entitled to acquire credits. You are also not permitted to take examinations.

Please note: With the guest auditor certificate, you are not entitled to free use of local public transport in Erfurt or the Deutsche Bahn and do not receive any discounts in the canteen.

1. Choose the lectures that match your personal interests from the entire range of courses offered by the university. You can find an overview of the courses in our course catalogue.
2. Please then transfer the fees. The bank details of the University of Erfurt can be found on the application for registration as a guest auditor. Please submit your completed application together with proof of the previously paid fee (please bring proof of payment with you) by the end of the 2nd week of lectures of the current semester to Department 1: Studies and Teaching at the University of Erfurt.
3. You will then receive your guest auditor certificate by post. Guest auditor status is valid for one semester (summer or winter semester).

Course catalogue

The courses of the respective semester (summer semester and winter semester) can be found in the course catalogue of the University of Erfurt. Participation in language, art, music and sports courses is excluded for guest auditors.

Course catalogue 

You can find the lecture times in the Semester calendar.

As a public institution, the University Library is freely accessible. You are warmly invited to make use of its services. It is also possible to visit the canteen on campus and eat there at a guest price.

Registration at the University Library

Canteen menu

Guest auditor fee

The guest auditor fee is €50 per semester.

Please transfer the fee to the following account:

• Recipient: University of Erfurt
• IBAN: DE22 8205 0000 3001 1112 71
• BIC: HELADEFF820
• Credit institution Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen (HELABA)
• Reason for payment: SUL Guest [your surname/first name]

The fee can be waived if an entitlement to Bürgergeld under the Dritten Kapitel des Zweiten Buches Sozialgesetzbuch is proven. 
We will send the guest auditor certificate as soon as the guest auditor fee can be allocated. This is only possible if you enter the above-mentioned reason for payment in full when making the transfer.